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What would your ideal god be?

 
 
Reply Wed 24 Nov, 2004 07:27 pm
What would be your ideal "God", both in ideas and in personality. You don't have to be a theist to answer this one, just have a vision of goodness(or evil, if that's your style.)

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InTraNsiTiOn
 
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Reply Wed 24 Nov, 2004 07:30 pm
The ideal god would be not to have a god at all!
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dauer
 
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Reply Wed 24 Nov, 2004 07:36 pm
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For me, the more God is described the less true of an understanding the description is. But I find descriptions still a helpful way of relating to God.

Genderless, immaterial, everywhere, constantly creating ex nihilo. For the sake of myself I sometimes think of God in masculine and sometimes in feminine terms. It depends on my needs.

Dauer


Dauer
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Ceili
 
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Reply Wed 24 Nov, 2004 07:45 pm
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msolga
 
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Reply Wed 24 Nov, 2004 08:34 pm
If there has to be one: She would advocate peace, harmony & goodwill .... Right throughout the whole universe! Very Happy
Tall order!
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Frank Apisa
 
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Reply Thu 25 Nov, 2004 10:47 am
What would I consider an Ideal God?

1) If the God wanted us to know It existed...it would do so in an unambiguous way... rather than depending on people to write Its words down for future interpretation.

2) It would keep out of our face...and never get involved in any way with anything we do or want to do. If we want to make our world a Hell...It would allow us to do so without interference.

It would not set up rules for us...no matter how compelling the reasons for doing so. And under no circumstances would It ever set up any rules for us based primarily on what "offends" or "pleases" It...because that makes no sense at all.

If that "offends" or "pleases" nonsense is important enough to the God make a big thing out of it...It will knock off this "free will" bullshyt...and make it impossible for us to do anything that offends It. That way...there are no problems.

3) If it has a paradise prepared for us....let us at it. This "earning admission" is for the birds...because some people simply will never be able to earn it. And since the God will have plenty of room in this paradise...it makes no sense to deny anyone admission.

4) It would keep out of our face...and never get involved in any way with anything we do or want to do. If we want to make our world a Hell...It would allow us to do so without interference.

It would not set up rules for us...no matter how compelling the reasons for doing so. And under no circumstances would It ever set up any rules for us based primarily on what "offends" or "pleases" It, because that makes no sense at all.

If that "offends" or "pleases" nonsense is important enough to the God make a big thing out of it...It will knock off this "free will" bullshyt...and make it impossible for us to do anything that offends It. That way...there are no problems.


(If I have repeated myself...it is because this is a very important aspect of any God I would consider ideal.)
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Perdition
 
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Reply Tue 14 Dec, 2004 05:34 pm
Well she would have to have kylie minogue's face, nicole kidman's body, and generally be a sweet heart. I'd worship her alright Wink
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phoebe bubbles
 
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Reply Tue 14 Dec, 2004 05:59 pm
straightforward and unisex for me!
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neolouphis
 
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Reply Wed 15 Dec, 2004 07:21 am
i would want God to be as human as possible... i want him to feel what i feel when i am suffering or happy...
i want god to be this way because i want him to understand man as man understands himself.
in a way i am saying god is not capable of feeling..

here comes another idea, if God is perfect, how can he be compassionate at all?
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theantibuddha
 
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Reply Sat 29 Jan, 2005 04:20 am
Just come into existance...

I'd have to hate any god who already existed and allowed the terrible things in human history to have occured.
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rosborne979
 
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Reply Thu 3 Feb, 2005 01:58 pm
Re: What would your ideal god be?
Etruscia wrote:
What would be your ideal "God", both in ideas and in personality. You don't have to be a theist to answer this one, just have a vision of goodness(or evil, if that's your style.)


Nature is the perfect God; the only thing innocent enough and yet powerful enough to be worthy of the title.
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Etruscia
 
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Reply Thu 3 Feb, 2005 02:07 pm
To me nature has no innocence, because there is nothing for it to be innocent of, and as for power, it has no more power than those which exist. For that, we are nature, a part of nature, not seperate of it. For all those people who say they want to get back to nature, i say you have never left nature. And you never can.
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